The Establishment of Israel's Diplomatic Mission in Moscow: Golda Meir as the First Ambassador to the USSR

Seventy-four years ago, in March 1949, Golda Meir, Israel's first ambassador to the USSR, officially concluded her brief (lasting less than a year) yet highly intensive mission in Moscow. Her return to the Jewish state marked the beginning of her ascent to the country's political pinnacle: as a Knesset member, a minister, and ultimately, as prime minister. But what kind of diplomat was the Israeli "Iron Lady"? And what was her attitude toward Soviet Jewry?

Guests: Israeli diplomat, Ambassador of the Jewish State to Poland, and expert on the history of Soviet-Israeli relations and the Zionist movement in the USSR, Dr. Yakov Livne, and Director General of the EAJC, Dr. Haim Ben Yakov.